Luxury Garage Sale was born five years ago from the dreams of Chicagoland-area childhood friends Lindsay Segal and Brielle Buchberg.

The two started out selling their own clothing, accessories, shoes and housewares on Ebay – and it began to pick up steam.

Fast forward to 2012, and Luxury Garage Sale has a store front at 1658 N. Wells Street in the city, thousands of brand new and consigned designer items in stock from all over the world, and plans to open a store in Dallas.

Vintage skirts for sale at LGS at ily-iley Friday. Heads up – the red one is Chanel.

That store opened this past June.

LGS chose LoHi’s seven-month-old ily-iley as the host for their pop-up, since one of the boutique’s co-owners, Bailey Lemak’s mother is an LGS client.

And – ily-iley often sells vintage pieces that the owners themselves have collected over the years – so it’s a good fit.

What to expect:

Fur vests

Blazers

Statement pieces

Fitted and (not-your-typical) suit skirts

Vintage dresses (think 1970s)

Trench coats with details like velvet, leather and zippers

Shift dresses

Jackets and sweaters

Little black dresses

Vintage and designer jewelry: pins, necklaces, cuffs, earrings

Sunglasses

Handbags (there will be an Hermes Birkin)

A vintage Karl Lagerfeld jacket on sale at LGS. Photo by Francie Swidler, The Denver Post

Designers you may recognize:

Moschino

Chanel

Escada

Lanvin

Helmut Lang

Karl Lagerfeld

Miu Miu

Stella McCartney

Most items are marked down at least 60 percent – that means a dress that retails for $495 would be around $195-$175.

Many pieces are under $300.

All the details about Friday’s LGS pop-up-shop.

It’s a small price to pay to get a vintage designer piece you can’t find anywhere else – and one that you’ll have forever.

And remember, when you know the resale value of an item, you can always re-sell it.

“We want customers to come and appreciate the fine construction behind a designer piece, like a blazer,” Lemak says. “It’s a work of art.”

ily-iley is located at 2525 15th St. #1 in Denver’s LoHi neighborhood. For any questions about the event, give them a call at 303-284-3814

Pamela Love, CFDA-winner and New York based jewelry designer will be at Goldyn on Sat. Aug. 8 from 1 to 7 p.m. for a trunk show of her new 2015 Fall jewelry collection, Sueño, inspired by traditional American-southwest designs and iconic Mexican art.

The pieces that make up Sueño – Spanish for dream – are dreamlike. They’re mystical, with symbols atop bracelets and necklaces representing a theme, or element of history in American or Mexican culture.

For instance, several pieces are graced with eagle symbols.

A necklace from Pamela Love’s Sueño collection

The eagle symbolizes “strength, freedom and supreme vision,” Love says. “It is a powerful symbol for cultures throughout the world as well as American culture.”

The symbols — usually three or four in each collection — serve as storylines, and many are influenced by Mexican culture, Love says.

A bracelet from Pamela Love’s Sueño collectlon

“…This collection is heavily influenced by the works of Frida Kahlo and the symbolism that she worked with (along with other southwestern influences). Her work was heavily inspired by Mexican and indigenous cultural tradition and folk art.”

Goldyn will also host a pop-up tattoo parlor for the event on the 8th, with Love’s go-to tattoo artists: Minka Sinklinger of East Side Ink, NYC and Denver’s own Patrick “Fish” King of Think Tank Tattoo.

Both will be live tattooing at Goldyn during the event, but appointments are required.

Pieces in Love’s collection begin at $114. The stories they tell are priceless.

Participants in the Pay It Backward Weekend gather for a reception that included a buffet prepared by Barry Robinson, catering chef at the Antlers at Vail. (Photos provided by Antlers at Vail)

In a sweet twist on the “pay it forward” concept, Rob LeVine, general manager of the Antlers at Vail, extended his thanks to the Colorado nonprofit community by asking leaders at 36 of them to reward anyone they wanted — employee, volunteer or client — by treating them to two free nights at his hotel.

“We really just wanted to share what we have with groups that impact so many in really profound ways,” LeVine said, adding that he called upon his staff for help in nominating organizations for inclusion in the Pay It Backward Weekend.

“Some of the organizations were ones that we had a previous relationship with, and others were ones that we’ve always admired,” LeVine said. “We tried to find a good mix of social, environmental, humanitarian, health, children, military and animal-related causes.”

Thirty-three of the 36 organizations were able to send someone to the event that began with a reception where guests were treated to wine and an appetizer buffet prepared by catering chef Barry Robinson.

Attendance was strictly voluntary, LeVine stressed. “The entire weekend was ‘no strings attached.’ We enjoyed the chance to toast everyone at the party on Saturday, but mainly we just wanted them to have a chance to relax and recharge in our beautiful Vail Valley in whatever way was most meaningful to them.”

Antlers at Vail hopes to build upon this event in the years ahead, LeVine said, adding more nonprofits and perhaps inspiring other Vail Valley lodging facilities and businesses to join in.

“Naturally, there are a million organizations that would be equally deserving, but we needed to start somewhere,” LeVine said of the initial participants. “We’re hoping this is the start of something that grows, as it captures the spirit of gratitude we mean when we say ‘pay it backward.’

“The attendees really appreciated the recognition, new relationships were forged and everyone had a fantastic time,” LeVine said.

Taylor Coors, blonde hair, center, joins fellow Central City Flower Girls as they pause for a group photo in front of the historic Central City Opera House. (Special To The Denver Post/David Zalubowski)

Fifteen soon-to-be high school seniors accepted the bid to join the Central City Flower Girl Class of 2015. They were presented at the Yellow Rose Ball, held June 27 in Central City.

What follows is biographical information on each Flower Girl, adapted from information submitted by the ball committee.

Martha Dickinson Baker: Martha attends Colorado Academy, where she has been on the Mock Trial Team, Children’s Hospital (CACH) Club, president of the Love, Hope, Recovery Club and a member of Colorado Academy’s Community Leadership Team. She has also been the director for Colorado Academy’s Helping Other People Eat (HOPE) Club, a volunteer for Los Amigos de Baja, a board member and co-president for Young Americans Center for Financial Education, founder of Angel Tracks and on the Academic Honor Roll. She also enjoys acting, skiing and traveling. Her family belongs to the Central City Opera Guild and their home was on the L’Esprit de Noel Home Tour last year.

Louisa Louise Benson: Louisa Louise attends Kent Denver School, where she is a reporter for the Kent Denver Advocate newspaper. She made 2nd Team All-State Girls Varsity Lacrosse, volunteered for Breakthrough Kent Denver and Volunteers for America, is in the Women’s Finance Club and is on the Dean’s List. She has studied piano for six years, works at Steele Street Bank, plays competitive club lacrosse and belongs to Young Life. She also enjoys skiing and surfing. Her family has been in Colorado for 40 years and her grandfather, Bruce Benson, is president of the University of Colorado.

Madeline Louise Bragg: Madeline attends Kent Denver School, where she is the founder of the Kindness Club and plays on the tennis and volleyball teams. She has received awards for excellence in photography, Newtonian physics and French III. She is a volunteer at St. Elizabeth’s After School Program and an intern at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Taylor McIntosh Coors: Taylor attends Valor Christian High School. She has been swimming and diving competitively since the age of 5 and is a two-time state champion. She serves on the board of the Tamaldemay Foundation and traveled to Kenya on a mission trip in 2012.
She is the first born of the sixth generation of the Coors family. Her great, great, great grandfather was Adolph Coors. Her family has lived in Golden for five generations.

Maryanna DeLine and her escort , Sean James Kelley. (Photo Special To The Denver Post/David Zalubowski)

Maryanna Elizabeth DeLine: Maryanna attends Cherry Creek High School, where she is on the 4.0 Honor Roll, in the National Honor Society, is a DECA Senator, is in the Interact Club and plays on the field hockey and lacrosse teams. She also enjoys skiing, tennis, golf and volunteering.
Her family has been in Colorado since the mid-1800s and her cousins have been Flower Girls.

Jennifer Lynn Groene: Jennifer attends Arapahoe High School, where she is a Science Camp counselor, on the Link Crew, in Key Club and an Honor Roll student. She has been a National American Miss Pageant participant and attended Camp Chief Ouray. She has volunteered at Colorado State University Family Programs and with Samaritan’s Purse and the Denver Dumb Friends League. She enjoys horseback riding, hiking, running, piano, reading, fictional writing, babysitting and house sitting. Her mother was a Flower Girl in 1978.

Nicole Christine Honnen: Nicole attends Kent Denver School, where she plays lacrosse and is in the A Cappella Club. She is a volunteer at His Love Fellowship, a Denver church that supports lower income families, was co-president of the junior class in the National Charity League and a committee member of Youth Outreach Colorado. It is dedicated to developing an educational program for the youth of Colorado about mental illness under the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI). Nicole is a fifth-generation Coloradan. Two of her aunts, and a cousin, were Flower Girls.

Alexis Caroline Hutchison: Alexis attends Kent Denver School, where she was captain of the junior varsity volleyball and soccer teams. Her ceramic art is in the Kent permanent collection. She traveled to Costa Rica for a service expedition that involved protecting and conserving the natural habitat and nests of turtles, and working on beach restoration. Her sister and two cousins were Flower Girls.

Ariana Byrne Kemp: Ariana attends Kent Denver School, where she plays varsity tennis, has sung in the choir for six years and is active in the A Capella and Cooking clubs. She has served on the Youth Advisory Board for Habitat for Humanity, volunteers at the Habitat Restore, is a member of the Model U.N. team and is interested in studying international relations and languages. She traveled with a group of Kent students to Turkey in 2012, is a gourmet cook and loves all things French.

Elise Korneffel makes her way down the steps leading to the Teller House Garden. (Photo Special To The Denver Post/David Zalubowski)

Elise Evelyn Korneffel: Elise attends Colorado Academy, where she is co-editor of the literary magazine, Kokopelli. She is also involved in Student HOPE, a program that collects and distributes food, clothing, toiletries and toys to families in need, and has played varsity tennis. She also works part-time as a restaurant hostess. Her grandmother, aunt and two third cousins were all Flower Girls.

Phoebe Fischer MacKenzie: Phoebe attends Cherry Creek High School, and spent her junior year abroad in Zaragoza, Spain. At Cherry Creek, she played varsity tennis and junior varsity field hockey, sang in the choir and received High Honors. She is involved in Young Life and volunteers at the Center for Work Education and Employment (CWEE). She has spent the last seven summers at Camp Lake Hubert in Minnesota.

Abigail Anita Rifkin: Abigail attends Kent Denver School, where she plays varsity basketball and lacrosse and is on the Honor Roll. She volunteers at Maxfund, Clothes to Kids and Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado. She is scuba certified, enjoys skiing, plays guitar and is a voracious reader. She and her sisters, Lacey and Madison, are triplets.

Lacey Hannah Rifkin: Lacey attends Kent Denver School where she plays varsity basketball and lacrosse, receiving the Most Improved Player award for both sports. She was on the Headmaster’s List sophomore year and has a patent pending for a device that prevents small things, such as earrings, from being vacuumed up. She is a scuba diver and skier and volunteers at Clothes to Kids and Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado.

Madison Meyers Rifkin: Madison attends Kent Denver School, where she plays varsity basketball, plays drums in the Quincy Street Rhythm Band, which Downbeat magazine has named top high school rhythm and blues band in the nation, and is on the High Honor Roll. She is scuba certified, is a snowboarder and golfer and holds a patent for a built-in, retractable bike lock. She volunteers at Clothes to Kids and Café 180.

Molly Kathleen Maeve Wulf: Kate, as she is known, attends East High School, where she plays on the Varsity 1 tennis team, which won regionals and went to the state tournament. She received the V1 Rookie of the Year award. She also plays junior varsity field hockey and has been a synchronized swimmer for eight years at Crestmoor Community Association. She has served on the BraveTracks Youth Advisory Board, the East High School Athletic Leadership Council, the yearbook staff and is a member of the National Honor Society. She is also involved in Image Angels, taking senior photos for students who might not be able to afford them, organized book drives for Reach Out and Read Colorado and Reading Partners, and traveled to India with National Geographic Student Expeditions to help students prepare for their English exams and take photographs.

The Flower Girls and their escorts in front of Central City’s historic opera house. (Special To The Denver Post/David Zalubowski)

Following is a list of the honorees, along with biographical information adapted from notes supplied by the ball committee:

Lillian Hartman Bell: Lillian is a graduate of Littleton High School and has been involved in soccer, cross country, swim team and Ultimate Frisbee. As a National Honor Society member she made the honor roll all four years, received academic letters, was in the top 10 percent of her class and has received her International Baccalaureate diploma. She has committed to the honors program at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Elway was among the 130 who recently gathered at Trish and Ken Green’s home for a reception where IDA founder Wayne Connell and honorary chair Jamie Angelich revealed who the 2015 honorees will be.

They are:

Chuck McDaniel, president/chief executive officer of Lockton Companies-Denver. He will receive the Corporate Award in appreciation for his work in creating a corporate culture of giving back to the community.

Mike Fordyce, president/chief executive officer of Craig Hospital. He will receive the Healthcare Award. It recognizes his role in helping Craig to become one of the world’s premier centers for specialty rehabilitation and research for people with spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury.

Diane Reinhard, vice president and chief nursing officer at Craig Hospital, and Wayne Connell. (Stevie Crecelius, Special to The Denver Post)

David Geras, who receives the Founders Award in appreciation for his personal involvement as a strategic advisor to the IDA and for providing business and organizational expertise to IDA’s executive board.

The “But You LOOK Good Inspiration Award” will go to recording artist/songwriter Mandy Harvey while LaFawn Biddle, an advocate for the deaf, receives the “Hearing is Believing Award.”

Barby Ingle, chairman of the Power of Pain Foundation, receives the Impact Award; the Invisible Heroes Award will go to Josh Rizzo, co-founder and executive director of PTSD United, while ultra runner and inspirational speaker Diane Van Deren will be given the “Invisible No More Perseverance Award.”

The gala, chaired by George and Gail Johnson, will be at the Marriott Denver Tech Center. The theme is “Hearing is Believing.”

The headliner will be recording artist Derek Amato who, after sustaining a head injury in 2006, was diagnosed with a very rare condition referred to as “acquired savant syndrome,” or “sudden musical genius.” He has appeared on several television programs, including The Discovery Science Channel’s “Ingenious Minds” series, the Steve Harvey Show, Canada AM and Dr. Oz.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call 303-947-5209 or click here to visit the event website.

From left: Craig Fleishman, gala chairs Gail and George Johnson, and IDA board member Jeff Vankooten. (Stevie Crecelius, Special to The Denver Post)

Man and Woman of the Year Brad Tucker and Sue Ellen Goss with Will Tucker and Delaney Stafford,the Boy and Girl of the Year. (Photo provided by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society)

Two years ago, when Linda Goto lost her long-fought battle with leukemia, her best friend Sue Ellen Goss vowed to step up her already diligent efforts to raise money to fund the research that will one day result in a cure.

The Man of the Year was Brad Tucker, who raised $227,804. He had entered in honor of his son, Will, the 2015 Boy of the Year. Will had been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in 2011, just before his fourth birthday.

Will, who is now 7, finished his treatment in April, 2014, and his family then decided it was time for them to find a meaningful way to give back to others suffering from blood cancers.

The 2015 Girl of the Year is 8-year-old Delaney Stafford, who was diagnosed with ALL in 2013 and was induced into remission within 29 days of treatment.

She has remained in remission and completed her treatment in May.

Nine men and women from the greater Denver area were in it to win it, and over the course of a 10-week period raised a record-breaking $644,262 in their respective quests to be crowned Man of the Year and Woman of the Year.

The money helps fund blood cancer research and the chapter’s patient services.

Tucker, of Bow Mar, and Goss, a Littleton resident, accepted their titles during the Grand Finale Gala that was held at the Marriott City Center.

“Every four minutes, someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with a blood cancer,” notes Rebecca Russell, the chapter’s executive director. “We are extremely grateful to Brad and Sue for their commitment to helping us fulfill our mission of finding a cure.”

Russell also points out that since 1954, the LLS has invested more than $1 billion in research.

So good that members decided a celebration was in order: White on the Green, an elegant dinner-dance held at Cherry Hills Country Club. Green and white are the official colors of this international service and social organization.

June and Dr. Johnny Johnson, who belong to Cherry Hills Country Club, were the evening’s hosts.

In addition to membership in The Links, June, the first Miss Black Teenage America, is a past president of Denver chapter of Jack and Jill of America and co-founded its annual Beautillion. Her husband is an OB/GYN.

Milestones for Denver chapter this year include mentoring the new Colorado Springs chapter; taking fifth graders from Hallett Academy on a ski trip; and staging two sold-out fundraisers — Fall Trends 2014, a fashion show and cocktail party at Neiman Marcus, and a theater party for “One Night in Miami.”

In addition, member Andria Koen and her husband, Eddie, were among the Couples in Philanthropy recognized by The Denver Foundation, while member Carolyn Ash wrote a piece on the need to expand Federal Pell Grants that was published in the Washington Post and Huffington Post.

And, last but by no means least, in October Carlotta LaNier, one of the Little Rock Nine, will be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.

Dan Ritchie and retiring Links president Tina Walls. (David Zalubowski, Special to The Denver Post)

LaDawn Sullivan, director of community leadership for The Denver Foundation, is the new president of Denver chapter, succeeding Tina Walls.

Sullivan, whose mother, Denver County Court Judge Dianne Briscoe also is a Link, praised Walls for being an “unparalleled fundraiser” and one who has “a great love for The Links.”

Constance Fitzpatrick Smith, western area director for The Links, was a special guest at White on the Green and captured the essence of the membership by saying: “You guys are phenomenal.”

Denver chapter will host the Western Area Conference in 2017.

New president LaDawn Sullivan, center, is seated next to Constance Fitzpatrick Smith. (Joanne Davidson, The Denver Post)

Following cocktails and photos on the terrace, guests moved into the club’s ballroom for dinner.

Then, it was time to get funky.

As in a dance to the Bruno Mars/Mark Ronson hit “Uptown Funk” performed by Connecting Links Eula Adams, Damon Berry, Johnny Johnson, Eddie Koen, Tracy Taylor and David Walker.

They were pretty darned good!

Guests included Links past and present, along with special friends like Dan Ritchie, chairman of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Kent Thompson, producing artistic director of the Denver Center Theatre Company, and David Zupancic, the DCPA’s development director. They were guests of Tina Walls, a member of the DCPA’s board of directors.

Le Bal de Ballet is presented by the Denver Ballet Guild as a fundraiser for dance scholarships, grants to nonprofit dance companies in the Denver area and Showcase of Dance, a program that hosts 6,000 school children for live, professional dance performances.

This was the event’s 47th year, and chairwoman Denise Nalen oversaw the production where 42 debutantes and 25 Young Men of Distinction were presented at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House before riding in horse-drawn carriages to the Sheraton Denver Downtown for dinner and dancing.

Charles John Highum, son of Jana Lynn Andersen of Denver and Paul Michael Highum; Michael James Hudson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kyle William Hudson of Columbine Valley; Grace Christine Imhoff, duaghter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Francis Imhoff of Greenwood Village; Craig Howard Johnson Jr., son of Lisa Daniel-Johnson of Greenwood Village and the late Craig Howard Johnson; Graydon William Lee Johnson, son of Julie Ann Johnson of Englewood and James Ray Johnson; Nicholas Baremore Johnston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Montgomery Johnston of Greenwood Village.

George Fletcher Kerr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shepard Kerr of Denver; Jon Preston Kneen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Bernard Kneen of Parker; Alison Beth Koff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Brian Koff of Denver; McKenzi Katherine Kuchman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jaye Paul Kuchman of Columbine Valley; Calla Aileen Marie Lopez, daughter of Mark Christopher Brown and Kathleen Mary Bohland of Littleton and the late Gregory Allen Lopez; Lynne Marie Lucas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Steven Lucas of Cherry Hills Village; Sergio Paolo Mantegazza, son of Staci Mantegazza of Greenwood Village and the late Paolo Mantegazza.

Tyla Augusta Stewart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Richard Stewart of Highlands Ranch; Marigny Carman Strauss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffry Stanley Strauss of Greenwood Village; Gunnar Kristian Edvin Sveen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Edvin Sveen of Cherry Hills Village; John Snowden Trueblood, son of Dr. Terese K. Snowden of Denver and John Bernard Trueblood; Emma Louise Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard George Walker of Greenwood Village; James William Holi Wallace, son of Erin Bergin Parker of Englewood and John Robert Wallace; and Cole Yin-Hua Whitaker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Blair Patrick Whitaker of Denver.

The illuminated entry to the Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Gala was by Lighting and Design by Scott. (Desiree and Seth Jones Photography)

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep was founded by Cheryl Haggard after she and her husband, Michael, lost their newborn, Maddux Achilles Haggard.

The goal was to help others like themselves keep the memory of their child alive via pictures. In the 10 years that have passed, some 8,000 volunteer photographers from around the world have completed more than 30,000 sessions, capturing the only moments parents will spend with their babies.

NILMDTS has grown to be international in scope, with headquarters in Denver. A Care Package Committee helps over 1,000 parents a year by giving them keepsake gift boxes so that they don’t have to leave the hospital empty handed.

The nonprofit organization marked its 10 anniversary at a gala held at the Four Seasons Hotel Denver, where the ballroom was festooned with stars that served as tributes to the memory of babies lost.

Three hundred candles were lit, also in memory of babies that have died, and entertainment by the Dueling Pianos Roadshow was provided by Terri Fisher’s 5 Star Talent and Entertainment.

A silent auction offered the chance to bid on 200 items, including a hockey stick autographed by members of the Colorado Avalanche.

The 300 guests included Kerry and Clay Riddell, whose story had been featured on the Today Show in January; Mrs. Colorado Mette Castor; NILMDTS board member Bob Lloyd; Mike Hanline from VIP Sponsor White House Custom Colour; and Edna Lloyd.